How To Use Marty’s List

Welcome to Marty’s List, a nationwide data base of cancer support groups, and grief support groups, including chilren’s grief groups and pet loss support groups.

There arenumber of ways to search Marty’s List. You can go to the state you are interested in and click on it, a new page will open with choices such as “cancer support groups” and “grief support groups”. Click on either category and you will see the individual categories. Click on the individual category and you will see a list of support groups.

You can also use the search box on the top left. Type in the name of the support group you are looking for and locate the state in the drop down menu, then click on the search button. Here are the some samples of the search terms you type in the search box:

breast cancer support:

adult grief support:

pet loss support:

prostrate cancer support, etc

You can also search by city..select the state from the drop down menu and enter the name of the city in the search box left of the drop down menu. If there are support groups in that city they will be displayed in the search results.

PLEASE NOTE: If you do not find a support group for the specific type of cancer you are seaching for then search for “general cancer support”. Often hospitals will have one group serving several types of cancer.